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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturist

He was also a naturist, and travelled to many nudist communities with his wife.[3][4]

At his retirement party, a group of colleagues at Caltech, called the "Quidnuncs," played and sang a ditty titled "Richter Scale," which gave examples of earthquakes in American history, told in ballad style. Dr. Richter was not amused, however; he was furious. The song is played on the Dr. Demento show occasionally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.127.98.186 (talk) 18:24, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Angry with Quidnuncs?

According to the article,

At his retirement party, a group of colleagues at Caltech, called the Quidnuncs, played and sang a ditty titled Richter Scale,

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Dr. Richter was not amused, however; he was furious.

But according to this interview with J. Kent Clark, the writer of the song,

Incidentally, I should correct for the record an impression that Charlie went to his grave hating The Richter Scale and thinking it demeaned him. You know, I made a mistake. I still like The Richter Scale. When I wrote it, along with Elliot, I thought it was really fun. I went to Charlie, and I said, "Look, be sure and come to the DuBridge show. I've written a song called The Richter Scale." Well, I'd forgotten that he was so morbidly shy that that was enough to keep him away. He heard it was funny. And he was sure that this was a lampoon. In fact, I think he said publicly that the song was a slur on serious science.

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Years later, after the show, Winifred Freeze, who worked in the Huntington Library, was his neighbor. And Winifred took him the record and played it for him privately. And he laughed; he had fun with it. So I'm glad. It would be a terrible blot on your character not to like The Richter Scale. In fact, it would be the definition of a nerd. If you don't like it, you're beyond the pale. Charlie was shy, but he wasn't beyond the pale.

Clark's memory seems to contradict the article, but I haven't done enough research to work out which is correct. Wocky (talk) 13:59, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

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